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Men have lived, breathed, and died their last under the sun of the Innerworld for millennia, all staring up at the same sun. Empires have done the same, and the Ieran Empire is no exception. Having once spanned the great continent of Alamara, the Land of Fire in the tongue of some ancient, northern desert dwellers, its fall from grace would begin 300 years ago. The same sun that those men stared up at flared up, as it has twice before. During the First Light there came a deluge, while during the Second, the earth was split asunder. And so for this Third Light, fire scorched the lands, and killed many who were not outright struck dead or changed by the sun itself.

During these past three centuries, Ier has gone from an efficient behemoth, to a foolish machine, one keeping at its tasks, but rusting in the process. In the past, many nations fell by its hand, or joined with it. Yet now, some have broken free from its tyranny, signifying great changes to come. And as they do, the cycle of this world breaks. The Fourth Light has come and passed these past few days, and while the sun turned from a familiar green hue to a seemingly permanent yellow, the winds that struck the earth seemed merely… pleasant. With the Light gone, progress marches inexorably onward, the passage of time no longer bending backwards when the heavens willed it. Nations march on, and so do the men within them.

>>3879832
HOMERIA

Your choices are listed above, and vote as follows:

A. Reptia
B. Nichitin
C. The Bonemen
D. Lopenland
E. Opetia
F. Homeria

For the ghoul and arachenian races, I will post brief explanations in a minute.

>>3879844
C.

>>3879844
B
spider time

>>3879844
B. Nichitin

>>3879844
>B. Nichitin

>>3879844
A

>>3879844
A

>>3879844
B

>>3879844
B

>>3879844
B

>>3879830
Good to be back

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The founder of Ier was no ordinary man, and though he would be slain by his descendants, his blood was... altered by the First Light. Their traits are as follows:

GHOULS (ISA)
Name Meaning: Ice, Pale

Traits:
+ Strong Physique (150% the strength of humans that size for men, 125% for women) (~200 pounds can be lifted for men, ~100 pounds for women)
+ Strong Rune Magic
+ Sharp Night Vision
+/- Blood Frenzy (200% strength of humans that size for men, 150% for women)
- Feraldom
- Poor Light Vision

Bodily measurements:
183 cm/6’ for men, 178 cm/5’10” for women
82 kg/180 lbs., 75 kg/165 lbs.

Appearance:
- Extremely pale skin, ranging from a pale peach to grey
- Eye colors are green, blue, grey, red
- Grey, blonde, white hair
- Waifish/elfin features
- Long digits, limbs (not unnaturally long)

Fertility: Normal

Lifespan: 50 + d10

>>3879844
D

>>3879844
B

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The Arachenians are one of a few types of bugfolk, their other kin and them being called Sectarii. They are spidermen, though far more beast than man, even if they possess an equal intellect.

SECTARII (HAGALAZ)
Name meaning: Many, the Deluge

Traits:
+ Varied (Spiders/Arachenians, ???, ???)
+ Natural Armor (Chitin)
+ Extremely Fertile
+ Natural Craftsmen (Arachenians)
- Weak Physique (90% the strength of humans that size for men, 75% for women) (~100 pounds can be lifted for men, ~75 pounds for women) (Arachenians)

Bodily measurements:
168 cm/5’6” for men, 160 cm/5’3” for women (Arachenians)
91 kg/200 lbs., 79 kg/175 lbs.

Appearance: Spider people, etc.

Fertility: Very High

Lifespan: d30 + 10

>>3879844
F

Switched to B to lock it down

>>3879844
Nichtin

>>3879844
B. Nichitin

Nichitin is locked in; generating map...

>>3879844
B

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Your peaceful days are long gone, for these past centuries have been nothing but tears. After the Third Light the gnollish Matriarchy collapsed, its authority meaning everything in word but nothing in reality. As such, the enmity between yourselves and the powerful tribes directly south of you has bubbled up, and their fundamental disgust at your existence within their jungle resulted in cleansings. Multiple. Whenever you grew too large, or when a new leader of theirs wished to make their names known, they would emerge again, with blade and torch. Where was Ier, your "protectors"? Dealing with their own problems, but never with yours. When their error was finally pointed out, they merely chose to break your protectorate status. But now, the peaceful council is no longer in charge. There was a revolt, after all. This is now a republic, and Rok forbid if they come again. Rok forbid what you will do to them, if given that chance. The Lights are over, it would seem, and with that knowledge comes a terrible new freedom.

Year 1 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 5/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 5/10
Morale: 7/10
Wealth: 2/10
---
Population: 30,000
Government: Republic
Military: A loose militia
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight-Matriarchal Focus
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>3879966
>G. Exploration and Colonization
Rush the lake and find what has become of what remained around it!

>>3879972
Dude let's do this actually this is brilliant

>>3879966
H. Send Traders to New Isarn, Larok and Nethrol to get the lucrative silk trade resumed. It has always been a cornerstone of our people.

>>3879972
Support this is based

>>3879972
Based mynori

>>3879966
D we need to better organize our militas to resist the southerners. Taking new lands will mean nothing without the will to resist it.

>>3879972
Yeah I'll NPC support this

>>3879972
Support

>>3879972
Sure, supporting

>>3879972
Supp

Though the lake is as vibrant as it once was, the land around it that once held homes has been reclaimed by the jungle. There was a great serpent in that lake once, and that too is gone, its bones sitting on the shoreline, bleached an even brighter white by the sun's rays. Perhaps a port could be made here in time, and settlements made across what the Ierans call Lake Larope. However, it seems there are other dangers here, as scouts moving further down the shoreline report signs of a gnollish presence within the recent past. There was a time when this lake was a hub of trade, so perhaps the gnolls still use it for that?

Year 2 AL (After the Lights)
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Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 5/10
Morale: 7/10
Wealth: 2/10
---
Population: 30,750
Government: Republic
Military: A loose militia
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight-Matriarchal Focus
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>3880018
H. Trade

Speaking of Trade, let us open up the incredibly lucrative silk trade that we had before! We shall trade with the nearby nations to get us more money in our coffers.

>>3880018
>B. Culture and Religion : The Great Change
The world changes with the Light and so must we, our people's lives are short and our young many. We must adapt by beginning to encourage the most adapt bodies for the tasks needed. Thus the Caste system shall be placed.
The Thorach: The rulers and they whom ensure the swarm never tires, the great mothers whose duty never ends and shall recive eternal thanks.
The Warriors: the biggest and most aggressive of our kin
The Scholars: the whom show themselves inventive and wise
The Traders: Those who seek to wander and have a gift for dealing with others
The Workers: Those whom do not have a caste...
Over time these castes shall grow apart into a grander shape for their purpose! The is no single Sectarii there is but the Web, the pattern which we ourselves weave!

Begin the long game...

>>3880021
Support

>>3880018
D work the strengths of the archaen form into our militas tactics and drill them to operate properly together

>>3880022
Support

>>3880022
This

>>3880021
Support

>>3880025

support, organize the militias properly. We are to show this world our new strength, and we will do so but we must have a base for it.

>>3880022
Support

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Map Key. I generally will start writing 15 minutes after the turn post, so another 5 or so to go.

>>3880022
Supporting this, seems pretty based if they're themed on actual spider species.

>>3880022
Supporting

>>3880022
Supp

Like spiders, you as a race produce silk naturally. While you can form webs, most of your kind choose to live on the ground, at least in Nichitin. Thus, silk production is more of an art form rather than a tool of necessity, even though there are uses for it. The new government's Legs, the main legislative body, have passed a bill opening up the trade of this silk, which has traditionally been kept in arachenian hands. Many react to this with dismay, but for those selling, an easy profit can be made.

Year 3 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 5/10
Morale: 5/10
Wealth: 2/10
---
Population: 31,519
Government: Republic
Military: A loose militia
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight-Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>3880102
>B. Culture and Religion : The Great Change
The world changes with the Light and so must we, our people's lives are short and our young many. We must adapt by beginning to encourage the most adapt bodies for the tasks needed. Thus the Caste system shall be placed.
The Thorach: The rulers and they whom ensure the swarm never tires, the great mothers whose duty never ends and shall recive eternal thanks.
The Warriors: the biggest and most aggressive of our kin
The Scholars: the whom show themselves inventive and wise
The Traders: Those who seek to wander and have a gift for dealing with others
The Workers: Those whom do not have a caste...
Over time these castes shall grow apart into a grander shape for their purpose! The is no single Sectarii there is but the Web, the pattern which we ourselves weave!

Begin the long game...

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I keep forgetting the art/images, sorry!

>>3880105
support

>>3880105
Support

>>3880102
G. Exploration and Colonization
Prospect the mountains

>>3880105
Supporting

>>3880105
Support

>>3880105
This

While some are taking quite readily to this caste system that has emerged within the past few years, others view it as nothing more than rot brought from Ierok by traders! To them, the notion of a caste system is far too similar to the ghoulish supremacy ideology espoused by the neighboring empire. As a result, the population is divided, each treating the other with suspicion...

Year 4 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 5/10
Morale: 4/10
Wealth: 2/10
---
Population: 32,307
Government: Republic
Military: A loose militia
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight-Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>3880145
A.

Focus our agriculture on the product of expensive crops for which the larger Ghoulish states will pay large amounts of money for. As they no longer have access to the jungle we can produce Cocoa and Coffee that they will be forced to buy from us.

>>3880152
SUpporting

>>3880152
support, it will show our people we are in control and making demands!

>>3880152

support

>>3880152
Support
Luxury Goods are always cool

>>3880145
B. Culture and Religion
Friendly competitions begin to appears between families to compare each others silkweaving skills. The families that participate end up celebrating in the end of the day with a feast while socializing with each other.

>>3880152
Support

With Ier cut off from the jungle trading network, the government forces farmers to grow cacao, reasoning that if they can sell the luxury good for high prices, the food stores of the nation can be replenished. This does indeed work out well. This expresses quite well how the new government works. While the old system was communal and everyone did their own thing, your hatchling republic has focused on a centralization of power and a hierarchy from the state down. This has enabled grander plans like this, especially with the enforcement coming from the militia, who are the only ones with weapons within the nation at the moment. Most seem content to farm cacao from now on, though some protest that growing too much will disrupt the fragile balance of the jungle ecosystem around you. While this is a changing world, many among you Nichitin view your cultural heritage regarding the respect for nature as something worth preserving.

Year 5 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 7/10
Morale: 5/10
Wealth: 4/10
---
Population: 33,114
Government: Strong, centralized republic
Military: A loose militia
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight-Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>3880211
B, Culture and Religion
Okay let's abolish this caste system before it actually becomes a problem

>>3880211
B. Abolish the so called "Caste System"

Each Arachenian should be free to follow their own path in life. Family units are strong and should be encouraged to make large tapestries of silk to show off their lineage and heritage!

>>3880220

support

>>3880220
Yeah based

>>3880219
>>3880220
Out with it
B) Ditch the Castes, each family to their own and encourage families to make grand tapestries to show their linage and deeds.

>>3880220
SUpport

>>3880220
based support

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With opposition growing to the caste system, the government sends out a decree denouncing it, and with no one wishing to get on the bad side of the militia or the Legs, that is the end of that. The Legs, after all, are the 8 most influential people within the nation, and likely will be after the election 4 years from now as well; to oppose them would be more than foolish. In other news, word has reached you of a spat between the Ringborn and the Isarnites, though you don't know the cause of the mess.

Year 6 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 7/10
Morale: 5/10
Wealth: 4/10
---
Population: 33,942
Government: Strong, centralized republic
Military: A loose militia
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight-Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>3880264
F. Technology Research
research web sling weapons and Web bows. Use our multiple limbs and natural leverage to produce extra lethal ranged weapons! Great bows using multiple limbs to draw and silk elastic slings!

>>3880264
B. Culture and Religion
Create Democratically elected Village leaders that can help the Legs manage the nation as a whole. They answer to the Legs but have some autonomy in running the villages themselves. They serve for five years and are elected by the population of the village. We will call them the "Eyes"

>>3880264
D. With our newfound wealth we should spend some of it to hire a few military advisers from Ier to help train our new army of 400 men which shall be formed from the best fighters in our militia.

>>3880264
E(?). Establish regional governors within even the smallest of hamlets. They'll serve effectively as mayors of towns/cities and are elected to their position via populist democratic votes. There's no minimum sentence to their time in office, and they can be replaced as the people of the community see fit. Their main job is to work together with the surrounding regional governors for things such as property lines, public works projects, etc, as well as reporting and enacting decrees that call in from the 8 legs all the way up in the capitol.

>>3880274
My action is more like E, not B. My bad.

>>3880272
Support

>>3880264
>H. Trade
Send our traders using the new wealth to go as far as they can into as many nations as they can, and have them buy different kind of crops that can grow in our jungle.

If they can buy more animal pairs that we can domesticate into herds do that too.

>>3880272
SUpport

>>3880274
>>3880287
Switch to support Oldfag

>>3880274

support

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The development of the Eye system allows the Nichitin government further control of its people's development. Meanwhile, the northern conflict appears to have ended in a stalemate. Scouts also have begun reporting back about further gnoll sightings near the lake, where some villagers have attempted to set up houses.

Year 7 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 7/10
Morale: 5/10
Wealth: 5/10
---
Population: 34,791
Government: Strong, centralized republic; 8 Legs (legislature) elected every 10, Eyes (village leaders) elected every 5
Military: A loose militia
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature, Monogamy, Egg Protecting
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Othe

>>3880311
D. With our newfound wealth we should spend some of it to hire a few military advisers from Ier to help train our new army of 400 men which shall be formed from the best fighters in our militia.

>>3880317
Support, bring in the experts

>>3880311

(open to suggestion or modification, or vote another post/make your own post)


D

We will make our miltia a proper one, we will organize it, give it tactics and then drill it 2 days every week


We will divide our great militia in groups of 1000, each then divide in ten groups of 100.

the greatest warriors chosen by our elder warriors will be given each a group of 1000.


The ones still judge to be great warriors but under the firsts, will be given the control of the groups of 100.


We will call the groups of 100 wires (they will consist of blood related families near each other) , and the warriors leading them "Death Spinners"


The groups of 1000 will be call webs (formed by our settlements), and the warriors leading them "War Weavers"

>>3880317
Send them in

>>3880321
Support

>>3880321
Support

>>3880317
Supporting

>>3880321

for example

we could add to hire some military advisers from Ier and tell them to instruct us in their war knowledge.

That means we learn that knowledge but not necessarily immediatly put it in use, but reorganize it and then use it for our own military system.
because Ier has made is military based on a completly different culture than us, and while we are changing in a warrior culture we will keep some of our old culture.

You have two choices:

A. Expensive advisors, well trained in warfare and have seen combat themselves (4 wealth)
B. Younglings who know a bit about battle, but come from established families (2 wealth)

>>3880362
B

>>3880362
A.

>>3880362
A

>>3880362
A might as well get our monies worth and our wealth will recover with the silk and cash crop tradws

>>3880362
A) If we're doing this we are doing it right

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The advisers indeed come in, one even possessing the proud name of Metalar. They claim descent from the legendary hero Lar Hearteater, though none are sure if there is a lot of truth to that statement. It is believed he existed, though other than the stories and his statues in Ierok, there is no definitive proof of that. Still, the family has served as the military heads of Ier for generations, and even though this man is not in line to succeed the current head, he and his companion do their jobs just the same. Within six months of their arrival, the militia has been honed down to 400, well-trained men. Just in time too. There has been a murder at the hamlet on lake Larope, and gnoll fur has been found present there.

Year 8 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 7/10
Morale: 5/10
Wealth: 1/10
---
Population: 34,791
Government: Strong, centralized republic; 8 Legs (legislature) elected every 10, Eyes (village leaders) elected every 5
Military: A loose militia
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature, Monogamy, Egg Protecting
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>3880390
I. Send out the Militia to destroy any gnolls found around our territory and track down those who murdered those from the Hamlet.

>>3880397
Interrogate them too

>>3880397
based, supporting

>>3880397
I concur, blood for blood

>>3880397
This

>>3880397

support

It seems the time to begin purging the gnolls has come; but who stands among the militia?

If you do (and this is a good time to make a character and start thinking of a faction), tell me a little about them.

A young warrior from a clan of warriors and farmers, Texain is courageous and strong but still inexperienced.

>>3880414
A humble nichitin who is a tad bit obsessed with nature joins the militia in the gnoll purges, more out of curiosity and to see if his opinions regarding the recent militarization are correct. Likes to smear himself with dirt and leaves. Dislikes spices.

>>3880414
Tchek, born among a family of Alchemists under Tchain. Tchek grew larger than a number of his clutch and was among those selected to be trained by the Ghoul of Ier. he is a keen tracker and hunter who believes strongly in the law of nature...but not how many others see it, life is the eternal chase between predator and prey. Which will our people be?

>>3880414
Kronin Tiamkek

Kronin is a moderately wealthy farming man who makes his money off of selling Silk, Cocoa, and Coffee. He just wants to be safe and is willing to take up the sword to protect his land and his people.

>>3880441
Sorry flip the names

Give me three rolls as you set out into the jungle...

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>3880466

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>3880466

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>3880466

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>3880466

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>3880466

>>3880414
Avurid, A warrior that wants to bring greatness to the Nichitin and put the world under their heel(?) for how the world has treated them in the past.
(if i'm not to late)

>>3880414
Thetla hails from a clutch born under a more traditionalistic clan. They continue to embrace steadfast pacifism with Thetla being the latest along a long line of healers. He has joined the militia expedition to ensure their survival and continued good health but still remains leery of combat.

>>3880414
An archanaen with a dark past related to the gnolls. His family having been slaughtered in one of their last culling. He joined the militia to bring bloody vengeance against them.

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Moving through the jungle proves to be a bit of a chore due to the heavy rain you associate with the coming of summer. Spring has lasted from the first year of the new calendar all the way until now, so while you appreciate the change, the downpour and the associated growth in vegetation prove to be an obstacle to your progress. That is, until you reach a relatively clearer area. This is where you spot them, eyeing you as you watch them: the gnolls.

The leader of your band, a taller arachenian by the name of Pik, lets out a guttural yell and darts towards the pack in front of you, preparations abandoned as bloodlust takes over. Though the beasts are in a slightly smaller group than you, they seem equally well armed, and you know they are superior in terms of pure strength. Mustering up your courage, you charge forth after your leader, though keeping in the ranks established by the Ierans. You hope your copper equipment will serve you well against what appears to be some brutal clubs.

Give me three rolls, DC 50, -5 numbers, -5 morale, -5 organization, +5 experience, +10 weak race.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>3880522
Avoid close range and rely on reach

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>3880522

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>3880522

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>3880522

(Skirmishes do not involve tactics the same way battles will in this game. As this is a small fight, I will not be using a battle map or anything like that.)

As you push into the enemy lines, the first thing you notice about a real battle is the smell. The natural pungency of the jungle gives way to the smell of blood, and with your sensory organs for both your smell and taste on your legs, it's difficult to ignore. But you try your best, and you push forward, even as the line slowly begins to buckle under the gnolls pushing back against it. They are here to kill your kind, you tell yourselves. They are here to exterminate you!

Give me three rolls, DC 50, -5 numbers, -5 morale, -5 organization, +5 experience, +10 weak race.

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>3880546

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>3880546

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>3880546

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>3880546

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>3880546

Though you attempt to hold, the gnolls push forward with relative ease, knocking your comrades off their feet, as they cleave through the center of your line. You are inexperienced, and they are knowledgeable butchers. If they move any more forward, there is a potential that both groups of Nichitin will be cut off and surrounded. You cannot risk that... so, for the sakes of both yourselves and those fighting alongside you, you attempt to plug the gap.

DC 50, -5 numbers, -5 morale, -5 organization, +5 experience, +10 weak race.

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>3880566

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>3880566

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>3880566

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>3880566

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Hickixch notices it first, a fault in their advance that can be exploited. Throwing a weapon just lying on the ground into the gap, he causes the gnoll behind it to trip, before he moves in and executes it. Yet, as the gnolls next to their fallen brother prepare to kill him as the arachenian remains vulnerable, they are met by copper shortswords. The gnollish advance is halted, and rather than continue this melee, the beastmen turn tail and leave. You are in no position to chase them, merely attempting to save who you can, and return home. You have no doubt in your mind that if they had wanted to continue, it would have stayed an even fight.

Casualties:
55 killed

---

Year 9 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 6/10
Morale: 6/10
Wealth: 2/10
---
Population: 36,517
Government: Strong, centralized republic; 8 Legs (legislature) elected every 10, Eyes (village leaders) elected every 5
Military: A loose militia
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature, Monogamy, Egg Protecting
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
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A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>3880627
I. Open discourse with the Tyranny and Brotherhood of Spear to allow pilgrimages of the faithful to make the journey to visit the Temple of Rok. Offer to pay a tribute of silk and cocoa to the Tyrant and Temple.

>>3880627


B. Culture and Religion
Friendly competitions begin to appears between families to compare each others silkweaving skills. The families that participate end up celebrating in the end of the day with a feast while socializing with each other.


There is also competitions between the youngbloods and warriors with tests of strength, agility. And mock battles, duels or challenges.

>>3880644
Support

>>3880644
Support

>>3880644
Support

>>3880644
Support

>>3880640
Supporting

This monthly competition, known as Youth Day, has begun to be held, and has proved useful in recruiting older children to join the army when they are older. However, despite your actions in the jungle two years ago, you have seen signs of gnolls further and further north. As summer comes, war may be upon you sooner than you expect.

Year 10 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 6/10
Morale: 5/10
Wealth: 3/10
---
Population: 37,430
Government: Strong, centralized republic; 8 Legs (legislature) elected every 10, Eyes (village leaders) elected every 5
Military: 400-strong, well-trained army (copper equipment, mainly swords and armor)
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature, Monogamy, Egg Protecting
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other


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You may now also post your factions. Generally, they are formatted as follows:
- Name
- Leader Name
- Description
- List of Assets

Faction projects can start to be done now as well. If you are wanting to play as a faction, or want to know details about the setting and mechanics you might otherwise not learn in thread (as they’re not particularly relevant), you should probably join this discord:
https://discordapp.com/invite/pdcRsDP

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Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>3880688
>Clutch of Channels
Faction Leader: Jaikian
Jaikian the first Mother of the host she had a vision she believes, that the secrets of the world lay in the deep and that as one seeks their destiny their shape will change to suit. Our people had forever been the prey of others it is our dream to see that change...a saying common among the brood, “Be cunning and full of tricks and your people will never be destroyed.”

>Assets
-A small hamlet in the circled area where they seek to develop their map.
-Experienced Diggers
-Large spawning ground

>Faction project 1: Bounty of the Deep
Prospect in the noted location and open/expand a mine a mine or quarry if anything is located. While we're sure we'll find something, how much mining is yet to be decided

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>3880688
>Ms. Snikkit's Home for Impoverished Hatchlings
Faction Leader: Ms. Snikkit
Makka Sycki Snikkit is a middle aged widow who currently operated an orphanage within the capitol of the nation. She's very kind hearted towards children and understanding to all, if a bit strict at times.

>Assets
-A large orphanage building in the capitol
-Good social clout
-Large amount of orphan children

>Faction Project 1: Penny for the Poor?
Have the kids make many small bits of webbing and other arts and crafts that they can sell to passerby's for donations that go towards the continuation of the foster home.

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>3880688
>Steinin's Webwork
Faction Leader: Steinin
A tailor and merchant, Steinin operates a Silkworking guild within the heart of Nichitan selling fine silk cloth and clothing to prospective buyers and training apprentices on how to better hone their craft. Steinin is an ambitious arachnid though, and the rumors overheard by his clientele can be just as lucrative as silk.

>Assets
-Silkspinners and weavers
-A guildhouse in Nichitan
-Scattered network of trade contacts
-Underground criminal contacts

>Faction Project 1: The Silk Route
We'll expend our efforts to set up trading posts along the routes commonly used by other traders to deliver silk to foreign nations now that the silk trade's been opened up. These trading posts can serve as pitstops for traders, and other travelers, in need of supplies. We'll use these trading posts to push our wares over others, as well as to gather foreign trade goods and information about those traveling along the routes.

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>Clutch of Spawners
Faction Leader: Yxrathycc
The Spawners are aptly named, for their females are singularly among all families, fertile and productive, this even considering the Sectarii's natural affinity. Their heritage is such that they tend to have larger thoraxs and more durable bodies, able to spawn many. The brood believes in the "Under Ways", a variant of natural harmony that believes that Sectarii should emulate the small arachnids that populate the world. Taking this to heart, and following the example of a burrower spider, the Brood believe in exclusively livnig underground preferring to dig and live in burrows as opposed to building houses above ground. This is practically useful to them, as creating new and secure nesting space for the rapidly expanding brood tends to be easier this way.

>Assets
-Fertile Females
-Live by Digging
-Network of Burrows

>Location
Pic related

>>3881123
Faction Project
>Take 50
The Clutch of Channels has invited us, a fellow brood vested in the art of burrowing, to exploring the hills for new sources of metal. We will aid them with our many many spawn.

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Rolled 14 (1d100)

>The hidden netters
Leader Name: Nak'tin the hidden one
The hidden netters are a loose, guild like association of experienced trapping hunters. They have organized around Nak'tin a competent trapper, who developed many of the trap designs now in use by the group. The traps employed almost all feature our natural silk. Most notable are pit traps featuring large nets halfway down, ground net traps that suddenly rip their victim up into the trees and falling net traps, triggered by walking through an almost invisible line of silk on the ground. These designs allow the live capture of prey, which sometimes fetches a better price alive and at the very least doesn't spoil that way until the hunter arrives.

>List of Assets
-Experienced hunters
-Some hunting posts in the southern forest
-Advanced silk based trap designs

>Location
-pic is our general hunting area

>Faction Project 1: Gnoll season
With the gnolls pushing further and further north, the netters have decided that something needs to be done, to secure their hunting grounds and protect their homes. Much time was invested in scouting out and trapping paths frequented by the vile gnolls. Trap designs and hiding techniques, for both hunter and traps, were optimized for this prey and the so trapped gnolls looted and then given to the legs for public execution or similar punishment. Some gnoll heads were also mounted on spikes at the edges of our claimed hunting grounds.

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Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>3880688

>Redwire Colony

Faction Leader : Texain and Ihnlor


Ihnlor as the great mother of the Redwire colony had seen much change and development, and directed her first son to become a leader and a warrior for all of them. The Redwire where for most of their time benevolent and peaceful farmers, but they where one of the firsts to accept to take up weapons in the face of dangers. The great mother deeply hated the gnolls to the south and know that Nichitin must be strengthen, and so with is son leading them their family leaved Nichitan settling on a near land to the east where they built their small colony. A necessity for defend the others and a new beginning for the Redwire.


>Assets

-the recently established Redwire Colony . Relativly small, it has been decided to call it Texain First Step.
- Experienced and Patient farmers
- A small warriors group lead by Texain.
>>3881737

Faction Project

Hearing from traders and others from the capital of the plan against the gnolls of the Hidden Netters lead by the talented trapper Nak'tin, Texain decided to come in is help.

While it s the first year of the colony, the beasts of the south have grow too insistent and violent and have move too many times north.

The Redwire must help.


Alongisde is warriors and some brothers of the colony, Texain comes in help to ward off the threat.

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Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>3880688
- Name: The Drybacks
- Leader Name: Hashin
- Description: A strange cluster of spiders who prefer the open plains over the dense jungle, they make a living herding camels, alpacas and llamas on the frontier between Isarn and Ier. They keep good relations with both people trading luxurious silks, sturdy camels
- List of Assets:
Camel Herd
Alpaca Herd
Llama Herd
Trade Contacts among the Ghoulish States

Faction Project:

Expand our camel herds! Camels are amazing beasts! Not only will we expand we shall also breed better camels! Ghouls will come from all over to buy Dryback Camels!

Rolled 22, 70 = 92 (2d100)

>>3880688

Name: Clutch of Wanderers

Faction Leader: Tiqixan

Description:
Those belonging to the Clutch of Wanderers are all zealous believers in harmony with nature, yet they believe that one can not truly enter harmony with nature unless they have seen all the beauty and danger it can bring. Thus they have taken upon themselves to wander and explore the world so that they can see and enjoy in the glory of nature. Of course, while this is the noble goal that is behind every sectarri born to the Clutch, they also want to see and learn the secrets of other cultures and even learn the secrets of the world. They believe that to focus only on nature is foolish for they will miss the way othere interact with it.

Assets:
>small hamlet near the capital
>some amount of camel herds
>some poisons
>experienced explores

Faction Project:
Under the orders of Broodmother Tiqixian, the explores of the Clutch will march north into the Lopenlands and further. They shall then return and report on what they saw and perhaps even bring suitable gifts and trinkets from their journeys.

Personal Project: Ixghsin, a member of the clutch, will travel into the jungle and he will find a secluded spot and pick a large tree in it, where he shall hide and live in for 10 years. After the traumatic events of the gnoll battle he shall live in seclusion.There, he will meditate on nature, life, the cruelty of gnolls and the value of a single life.

>>3881123
>PP
One of Jaiken's first spawn a dexterous and thoughtful young hatchling called Hesket has spent the past decade in deeper thought trying to get in turn with the nature his people find themselves within. This has including a decade of just gathering what Lake Snake bones he can into a shrine of sorts while he meditates upon them.

[Auto 50]

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>3881737
>Personal Project Nak'tin 1:
In light of the ever growing gnoll threat, it had become clear that even with all the traps in the world personal combat would eventually be unavoidable. So Nak'tin spend his sparse wealth, earned from many hunts, to acquire the best equipment money could buy and the materials to make some of his own design. He was especially interested in protective armor, that didn't hinder ones movement or made stealth impossible, the best bow one could find and arrow poison, and lastly two long copper daggers.

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>3881662
Personal Project:
Although the Caste System was now defunct, there was a full half the populace that did accept it at the time.

Yxrathycc would have considered herself part of the Thorach, though she didn't exactly agree with betraying the ideals of the Republic.

She personally goes around, looking for those who had openly or privately voiced themselves as wanting to have been in the Thorach's, trying to befriend them and perhaps one day open the way to recruiting them to her brood. In such a way she flexed her charisma and diplomatic skills.

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Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>3880688
>Clutter of Spi
Faction Leader: La'nitch
One of the few families that still live on spider webs who also hold the art of silkweaving with high admiration and respect. The Clutter of Spi's main focus is to encourage self expression and creativity, to further help one another to achieve greatness.

>Assets
-Skilled silkweavers
-Simple web homes
-Large spawning ground
-Farmers

>Faction Project 1: The Web of Spi
With the increasing tension between foreign enemies plus the vulnerability of what the simple web homes offer, La'nitch gathers the family to begin the project of covering their homes and surrounding area with their silk. Around the homes and border of the web will be reinforced with layers of silk for protection, farm areas will be exposed so the crops aren't disturbed, and the rest of the forest area will have a light layer of silk to not fully disturb nature.

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Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>3881916
Personal Project: La'nitch will stay in her personal room to further improve her silkweaving, to make it into a stronger connection of a part of her body.

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>3881749

Personal Project

Texain will further improve himself on the matter of war, training severely in combat and try to understand more about command starting with learning the basics that where given to the militia by the military advisers from Ier.

>>3880688
-Name: Clutch of the Protectors
-Leader Name: Arkin Metalfang
- Description: Stepped on for far too long, the Protectors have fully adopted the Republic’s new belief: If we wish to survive this world, we must take what we desire. Arkin, a young male spiderling, formed and leads the Protectors, swearing that while he draws breath, no threat shall harm his home. No gnoll, no ghoul, no being, shall control their destiny any longer. Through their might and willpower, all will respect the great Sectarii!
- List of Assets:
Group of Experinced Warriors
Barracks within Nichitan

Three things. #1, Personal Projects are essentially FPs but for characters. This will hopefully help you flesh out your character. #2, you can take an auto 50 for a project, be it faction or personal. #3, you can boost your projects while burning wealth and influence, you gain one of each every ten years. Right now, you all have 1 wealth and 1 influence each, and will gain one more on Year 20. Some projects you can only use wealth on, some you can use only influence, and on some you can use both.

Rolled 2, 67 = 69 (2d100)

>>3882525
Faction Project: Arkin and his warriors head south, hunting the gnolls who live above the lake. They try to take advantage of their natural stealth and agility, hitting them fast and hard and then quickly retreating back into the jungle. Web pitfall traps are set up, so that they might capture prisoners and gain some intel on these disgusting gnolls.

Personal Project: Arkin, proud of Joan species and it abilities, begins creating a fighting style that utilizes his people’s ability to create stronger silk on a whim. He believes if he can perfect such a style, it will be useful in taking down enemies without harming them too much.

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>3881763
Hashin shall aim to be the fastest camel racer in the world! From Isarn to Ier he shall race camels with the best!

>>3881123
[Faction Greenlit]
Clutch of Channels
Assets:
- Experienced diggers

Territories:
- Small hamlet on hills outside Nichitin

FP Difficulty: Very Hard
The vast lands of Alamara may be untouched in its farthest reaches, but most areas have been exploited in some way or another. As such, mines are often hard to set up. You and the Clutch of Spawners, do find something, however. Nestled within the hills is a small Trow hole, the Trow being a race of minute, elfin figures that went extinct during the Third Light. Taking what bronze is inside, you gain a small amount of money for your work, as do your helpers. It is a pittance compared to your efforts, however, and nothing interesting remains inside, except some skeletons.

>>3881662
[Faction Greenlit]
Clutch of Spawners
Assets:
- Fertile females

Territories:
- Burrows in the hill near the copper mine

See above for FP results.

>>3881284
[Faction Greenlit]
Ms. Snikkit's Home for Impoverished Hatchlings
Assets:
- Large orphanage building in the capital
- Good social standing
- Large amount of orphans

FP Difficulty: Easy
Your sales go well, both due to the skill of your children and the pity of the kinder arachenians. In time, those who leave the orphanage as they grow older also seek to give back, too, meaning a steady amount of money coming in.

+1 Wealth!

>>3881530
[Faction Greenlit]
Steinin's Webwork
Assets:
- Silkspinners and weavers
- A guildhouse in Nichitan
- Scattered network of trade contacts
- Underground criminal contacts

FP Difficulty: Hard
Your trade routes are set up easily enough, but due to the high price of silk, bandits have occasionally raided, and your poor arachenian bodies cannot handle ghouls except with a significant difference in numbers. Still, if you manage to get these posts defended, you will be making a very large profit.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>Name
Clutch of Jarkith

>Leader Name
Takit Jarkith

>Description
The Clutch of Jarkith are a group of fishers that wish to peacefully live their lives upon the river, harvesting a bounty of fish from it and selling their wares! However, the recent fighting against the gnolls has lit a fire in their hearts. Much like the rest of their people they are rapidly transitioning from a peaceful people to a much more aggressive kind of Sectarii. They believe that greatness by the Sectarii can be achieved, and WILL be achieved by hard work and determination.

>List of Assets
-Boats
-Experienced Fishers
-Trained Warriors
-Docks near where the bridge crosses the big river (I forget the name it runs from the lake all the way to the delta)
-Small village near said bridge crossing

Faction Project:
The Gnolls have attacked us! While some foolishly attempt to attack by land, we shall do something smarter. We shall search along the coast of the lake and river for gnoll settlements. Those that look unguarded we shall attack (preferably at night) and focus not on killing, but on capturing and enslaving the gnolls! When we return triumphantly, we shall parade them through Nichitan and set them to work helping us.

The Clutch of Channels and whatever Mobius's Faction (I think it is Arkin?) is will be helping us.

Rolled 79, 65 = 144 (2d100)

>>3880688
>Ghouls of the Corn
- Faction Leader Mono
- Mono is just a simple country ghoul at the ripe age of 26 looking out for his kin and his farm. His twelve children are hungry and scared and hes just trying to bring them up right and strong. His siblings and their families are also around to help work the farm and keep everything in shape.Hes put up some Scaregnolls to scare away the gnolls and thats been working alright, but it could be better. Mono wants to build up his farm and his family into something great and true that stands the test of time and the Light. Its hard work to build and learn, but someones got to do it.
>Assets
-Large Farm (Maize)
-Large Farmhouse
-Tool Shed
-Some Scaregnolls

Wealth:1
Influence: 1

FP: Expand the Farm into this pictured area so we can have enough to trade and save for the lean times. Put up some Scaregnolls to keep the gnolls away.

PP: Learn more about farming so I can tell when soil is good and when it is bad.

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>>3883213

Name: The Skiterin
Leader: Dshinkin

Faction: The Skitarii are a brood that only recently joined the Nichtan Republic, because they were the first nation of their kind they would encounter in a long time.

Prior to joining the republic they were nomadic grazers and warroirs, roaming in search of better pastures or better prey for food and supplies. They enjoy serving as mercenaries to anyone willing to hire them. They were especially employed often by the Ghouls of Ier and Isarn, who always had problems in their own territory such that they could not even defend their own protectorate. In the Skiterin opinion, a mutually beneficial relationship is far better than any mere friendship could be, and they found themselves employed time and again.

The Skiterin pride themselves on their ability to move quickly from one battlefield to the next. This they do thanks to aquiring the knowhow to make fast moving chariots and wagons from the Ghouls.

Faction Assets:
-Fast Camels, bred for speed over size
-Chariot/Wagon Making
-Mercenary Contracts with Ghouls of Ier and Isarn

>>3883468
Faction Project:
Our fast camels are lighter and swifter than those who remain in one place to let their herds grow fat and heavy. What they lack in strength they make up for in endurance and stamina.

But breeding only goes so far. Training is vital to both warrior and horse. It is said the ideal Skiterin has four legs, not eight. Spider and mount must become as one.

We must improve our Camel training and stamina, pushing them to move faster and travel longer before needing rest.

>>3883096
Personal Project:
Dshinkin accepts the challenge to a race from the local Hashin, to ignore it would go against his family honour. He pits his own mount against the other to see who is the fastest.

Rolled 88, 76 = 164 (2d100)

>>3883479

>>3883196
The Clutch of Spawn also sends help. This seems an excellent opportunity to invest in a new source of food, and we sill support it.

>>3883196
Gnoll hunting! The great Skiterin past time. We send our chariots and fast camels to aid the Jarkith in riding down and capturing as many of them. Our younglings are in need of practice against a foe.

dice+1d100
Name: Stonecutters

Leader Name: Serath

Description: A new group of Arachenian that believes in the new way and end to pacifism. They went out and established a new home to help spread the nations power and expand Nichitin's reach

Assets:
New Colony established on the western river head.
Experienced masons
A Stone Fort

Wealth:1
Influence:1

FP: Build new farms to help supply the new colony with food so it can grow ever larger.

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>3883493
Found my error

>>3880688
Silk Legion
Faction Leader: Artorias
The Legions arose from men and warriors who protected the silk trade caravans. They took hold of one of the trade caravan companies after they had arisen enough funds under Artorias Leadership. They still contract our for trade, but a new direction of mercenaries and soldiers for gold is the future. Investing the gold from soldiering for assets.

>Assets
- Village with farms
- Soldiers (As many as I can Get) (Good armour from trade)
- Silk trade caravans

Faction Project:
Advance our combat techniques to fight together in a main line, Shield to shield. Our new formation will be called the Parem.

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>3883511

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>>3883514
>>3883511

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>3880688
Faction Name:Hill Stalkers
Faction Leader: Nitan
A small family that has always been living around the hills north of Nichitan and until an unusually large clutch of eggs one year they had to more formally organize! They have been hunting their patch of the rainforest from the canopy and below! Through generations of trial and error the Hill stalkers have gotten the hang of quietly climbing through the treetops or perfecting the perfect person hole for ambushes and hidden anything.

Assets:
Experienced climbers
Experienced digger

Territories:
Small Village
Small tunnel network


Wealth 1, Influence 1

FP
Auto 50
Nitan the current oldest sibling and the first to really look around outside of their fledgling village saw just how close the other villages were and decided to try to turn the family’s hunting tunnels into a mine! Or at the very least expand the tunnels a bit throughout the hills haha.

PP
Nitan having sent his life like most in villages on the ground but he had always enjoyed climbing trees and camping out in the canopies and so he decided to try to make the best hanging tent ever seen!

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>>3884421

>>3880688
H. Trade
Try to get trade going again with those to our north. We need to get the income flowing again

>>3884782
SUpport

>>3880688
>D. Military
With our frail bodies and strength the military will focus on creating a group who excel on ambush tactics, soldiers trained to hide in various types of environments and executing decisive surprise attack. Call them the Riselain

>>3884782
>>3880688
backing

>>3881737
[Faction Greenlit]
The Hidden Netters
Assets:
- Experienced hunters
- Hunting posts south of Nichitan
- Advanced silk based trap designs

FP Difficulty: Normal
Due to the fact gnolls don't tend to stray that far north, your operation, aided by the Redwire Colony, goes relatively well. However, there are slim pickings, and due to the physique of all arachenians, some skirmishes do occur when your traps aren't set up properly. All in all, you catch a few dozen gnolls in areas ranging from your hunting ground to a little further south, by Lake Larope. This effort by both your groups nets you a little bit more influence among the population.

+1 Influence!

>>3881749
[Faction Greenlit]
The Redwire Colony
Assets:
- Experienced farmers
- Small warrior group led by Texain

Territories:
- Texain's First Step (Redwire Colony)

>>3881763
[Faction Greenlit]
The Drybacks
Assets:
- Animal herds (Camel, alpaca, llama)
- Trade contacts with ghoulish states

FP Difficulty: Normal
Choosing to buy excellent specimens of camels from Ier and Isarn, you breed them with your own dromedaries and produce a line with better than average temperament. While built the same as many camels, the moodiness of the average dromedary is one of their most well known traits, meaning yours are a fair bit unusual. This enables you to raise prices on your herd, ensuring a decent profit at the end of the decade.

+2 wealth!

>>3881812
[Faction Greenlit]
Clutch of Wanderers
Assets:
- Middling sized camel herds
- Some knowledge of poisons
- Experienced explorers

Territories:
- Small hamlet near the capital

FP Difficulty: Easy
As your party moves northwards, you come into contact with a group of ghouls who are traveling north as well. Unfortunately for you, they rob you blind during the night. While you manage to reach your destination and gain a basic map of Lopenland, further expeditions northwards meet with similar fates, and you give up on them for the time being. It appears robbery is very common on the trade lanes these days.

>>3881916
[Faction Greenlit]
Clutter of Spi
Assets:
- Skilled silkweavers
- Simple web homes
- Some farmers

FP Difficulty: Very Easy
Due to the scale of your endeavors, you are quickly able to set up protective coverings on both your nests and forests. However, you wonder how much good this will do in the face of swords and flame. For a while, at least, you hope you won't have to find out.

Faction: The Kennel Masters

Leader: Krassys

Along with the Silk Legion, these descendants of ancient Ier followed the trade caravans providing a different service. They were pit-masters and keepers of the lower races. It was their job to ensure a steady toll of labour and gladiators to fill the fighting pitts. They are lead by Krassys, a ghoul who claims descent from an ancient royal bloodline. Though they now serve a different government and even a different species, life for them has not changed as it has for hundreds of years. Be they spiders or the Ghouls of Ier and Isarn, the arenas are filled, gnoll blood is spilt, and broken servants toil as they always have. With the recent victory in battle against the gnolls, and now many more gnolls fleeing the fall of their villages, the Kennel Masters have had many more bodies to fill their holds.

Assets:
Lucrative Gnoll Labour Auctions for wealthy Ier/Isarn/Nichtin
Lucrative Arena Events and Ieran/Isarnian Tourism
Gnollish Gladiators/Penal Brigades

Other: -Heritage with the Silk Legion (I asked Mill if this was okay)

Rolled 66 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>3880688
*whistles*

Rolled 16, 62 = 78 (2d100)

>>3886903
FP: the Gnoll battle must have left behind many stragglers and deserters, and even now perhaps there are others seeking to further gains against these dogs. we must go forth and acquire as many new bodies for the fighting pitts as we can. scour the lands for gnolls, be they in the woods or their camps.

PP: Krassys, a Ghoul himself, works on his charisma and diplomatic skills with the northern neighbors of Isarn and Ier. He works on learning and meeting persons of importance, and being able to blend in when needed.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>3880688
Faction: The Black Brood
Leader: Hickixch the Black
Description: The followers of a particularly warlike spider whos families fell victim to Gnoll aggression years ago. They represent an informal military force to supplement the republic military in various other ways.
Assets:
Warriors
Camps located in villages throughout the republic to help

FP: Offer my groups services as a mercenary to the tyranny of Ier

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The Riverlopers
Leader: Sven'r Lopen
The Archaenians and Giants of the Riverlopers are not sure how exactly their ancestors met. One story says their forefathers were ambushed as they were trading, the Lopen giants carried the Archaenians across a great river to an island. The gnolls surrounded the riverbanks, thwarting any attempt to ford either side, but themselves could not attack the island. The giants and archaenians hewed the island's trees down and tied them with their silk, and floated down the river to safety. Another story claims they were once slaves of Ghouls, and set to build ships for them, before escaping on a ship themselves. This tends to be regarded as the more accurate, considering the weapon they use to defend their boats is of old Ieran origin.

However it happened, the Riverlopers have enjoyed their coexistence with each other and the water for many generations. The giants would hew and haul the great loads of lumber for their crafts and vessels, or scoop up the large river beasts for food, while the clever Archaenians understood boatcrafting, toolmaking, and spinning silk to make ropes and sails and nets for fish. Plying the river currents or the coasts, they became natural traders, using the waterways to carry goods and cargo. Living on the water has not always been easy, and they are always ready to defend their floating homes.

Assets:
-Small floating village/house cluster
-Trade along the river
-Large Bow on a Cross - Old Ieran design

I didn't think this needed to be said, but if you are doing a FP, please don't just say you're also doing X, Y, and Z. I am specifically speaking of Oldfag's FP, which everyone and their mother said they were supporting, when only one group actually had any capability to support them, both supply wise and time wise.

For a slightly less important request, please post your FP + PP in the same post. Posting them seperately creates a bit of a clutter, as you can see.

>>3882525
>>3883057
Faction Greenlit
Clutch of the Protectors
Assets:
- Barracks
- Experienced warriors

FP Difficulty: Normal
With stiff competition on hunting the gnolls, your hunts see only two gnolls fall into your hands, both of whom were already sick or injured. In addition, a few members of yours go missing near the lake...

>>3883196
Faction Greenlit
Clutch of Jarkith
Assets:
- Boats
- Experienced fishers
- Inexperienced warriors
- Docks near the Great River
- Small hamlet near the bridge crossing

FP Difficulty: Hard
While you have plenty of enthusiastic supporters, your material backing from these groups is less than stellar. Both the Clutch of Channels and Clutch of Spawn are too heavily invested in their mining to send men, though the Skiterin are able to send some men. Luckily for you, on the southwestern shores of the lake, you do find a large gnollish hamlet that is completely undefended. You take slaves when you can, though as some of the residents of the area flee, you think it best to quickly board your ships with what you have, in case you encounter more gnolls. Notably, on the eastern shores of the lake, you find a large, walled town that appears to be entirely populated by gnolls. However, they do not attack, and instead try to communicate with you. It appears that it is a major trade port in the region, which facilitates trade between the gnollish nations. You return home with a bit more wealth and knowledge.

+2 Wealth!

>>3883213
Faction Greenlit
Ghouls of the Corn
Assets:
- Maize farm
- Large farmhouse
- Tool shed
- Some scaregnolls

FP Difficulty: Easy
Expanding the farm goes quite well, as by focusing on that rather than the gnoll scare of the past few years, you surpass your neighbors with ease. You hire some farmhands as well, on top of your tidy profit.

+1 Wealth! Add to Assets: - Some farmhands

>>3883468
>>3883479
Faction Greenlit
The Skiterin
Assets:
- Fast camels (bred for speed)
- Chariot/wagon making
- Mercenary contracts with Ier and Isarn

FP Difficulty: Normal
Your breeding and training regimen goes very well, with your camels becoming leaner, and faster. You suspect if you bred the camels with their cousins, the alpacas or llamas, you might also be able to better acclimate your camel herds to the jungle.

Halfway through this post I realized making these posts pretty is just too time consuming, so that will be saved for important event posts and that kind of thing. With the amount of players there are, that seems like a far better plan. Also, I am not mapping your hamlets for a while, just due to the fact that throwing them on now will misrepresent your population. I have marked the claims on my QM map though.

>>3883493
Faction Greenlit
Stonecutters
Assets:
- Experienced masons
- Small stone fort

Territories:
- Hamlet on the western river head

FP Difficulty: Normal

Your small hamlet flourishes with the growth of the farms, which grow far larger and far faster than expected. As such, you are able to sell much of the surplus.

+1 Wealth!

>>3883511
Faction Greenlit
Silk Legion
Assets:
- Small amount of well equipped, experienced soldiers
- Contracts with few silk trade caravans

Territories:
- Hamlet with farms

FP Difficulty: Normal

Though you insist on calling your shield to shield form of combat the Parem, most armies have fought with shield walls for generations. However, by working on this simpler task, your men become quite experienced and used to this form of combat.

>>3884421
Faction Greenlit
Hill Stalkers
Assets:
- Experienced climbers
- Experienced diggers

Territories:
- Small hamlet
- Small tunnel network

FP Difficulty: Easy/Very Hard
While a mine is not come by, you expand the tunnels a little bit, encountering some difficulities however. Specifically, the soil underground in your region is very dry and crumbly, leading to a lack of adequate areas to place support beams.

>>3886903
>>3887499
Faction Greenlit
The Kennel Masters
Assets:
- Gnoll labour auctions for the wealthy (Isarn/Ier/Nichitin)
- Small arena events (Using gnollish gladiators)

FP Difficulty: Normal
Like some others, you are unable to procure many gnolls at all, as most reside in the far south, and those you do find are wounded or weak stragglers from the battle prior.

>>3888756
Faction Greenlit
The Riverlopers

If you have a project, let me know.

>>3881812
PP Difficulty: Easy
Ixghsin's meditations go well, and as he rests within the tree, he comes to the conclusion that death is a part of nature as much as anything else. While this does little to calm his nightmares, over time, he grows used to this concept, and at the end of the decade, he emerges refreshed and thoughtful.

>>3881817
PP Difficulty: Easy
You attain the bones with relative ease, the beast's great spines acting as simple handles.

Add to Assets: Snake bones

>>3881832
PP Difficulty: Easy

You acquire your weapons, but the poison was hard to come by, as was decent armor. You make do with what you have already, and rusted, dented armor.

>>3881868
PP Difficulty: Hard
With most now unwilling to admit their support of the caste system, all you accomplish is making yourself look like a fool as your recruitments fail.

>>3881919
PP Difficulty: Normal
Your skills improve, and you make a bit of a name for yourself with the excellence of your silk.

>>3881974
PP Difficulty: Normal
War is confusing, and Texain isn't sure he'll ever fully understand it. Still, half-knowledge of the art of war is better than many of his fellow Nichitin.

>>3883057
PP Difficulty: Normal
Arkin's work goes well. While the weaving form of silk comes from your spinneret, located at your rear end, the sticky silk comes from the palms of your upper body. As such, he utilizes this to pioneer a Silk Style of fighting, which aims on disabling and stopping enemies, rather than hurting them.

>>3883096
>>3883479
PP Difficulty: Normal
Dshinkin beats Hashin, though it ends up being a close race.

>>3883213
PP Difficulty: Easy
Your studying goes well, and your farm benefits as a result.

>>3884421
PP Difficulty: Easy
Your hanging tent is a disaster, and you should feel bad for having made it. Shame. Shame.

>>3887499
PP Difficulty: Normal
Your schmoozing goes well, and you befriend some members of the lower nobility in both nations as you practice your diplomacy.

>>3888164
FP Difficulty: Impossible
Unfortunately for you, Ier has started no wars in the past decade, and while you wait, your plans end up being pointless.

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Over the past decade, the silk trade with Ier and Isarn has been undermined by the lawlessness of central Alamara, where bandits and highwaymen reign. This presents a serious issue, as most of your trade is channeled through those nations, Isarn trading outwards to the Ringborn and the archipelago off of their coast, and Ier trading with the Lopen and the minor states west of them. Luckily though, your attempt to negotiate better deals with your neighbors goes well, even receiving a map of the western archipelago as a gift. In other trading news, a small traveling caravan has been set up in the same area, ostensibly for bandits to sell their stolen goods to legitimate merchants, which are then resold in proper markets. If the rumors are true, the Drybacks helped establish this, and seem to be making a profit from it.

The only other information to come out is that gnolls have not been sighted in the north over the past few months. The Legs seem to believe that the gnolls are preparing for war, and have ordered the preparation of your own army.

Year 11 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 6/10
Morale: 5/10
Wealth: 4/10
---
Population: 38,366
Government: Strong, centralized republic; 8 Legs (legislature) elected every 10, Eyes (village leaders) elected every 5
Military: 400-strong, well-trained army (copper equipment, mainly swords and armor)
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature, Monogamy, Egg Protecting
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit, Tomatoes, Peppers
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
Resources: Lumber, copper, silk
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Other

>>3890465
>F. Technology Research

>>3890465
F

>>3890465
C. Construction


Search for veins of copper in the mountains of our lands for establish mines and create some new stone quarries.

>>3890465
D. Poisoned Weapons

>>3890474
Support

>>3890465
F

>>3890465
F

Tech Research has been chosen - what will you research?

A. Pottery
B. Music
C. Magic
D. Fishing
E. Metallurgy
F. Other

>>3890488
E. Metallurgy

>>3890488
>D. Fishing

>>3890488
B

>>3890488
C.

>>3890488
>>3890490
Switching to C

>>3890488
F Currency
Make our own currency of copper that could help us track the bandits stealing from us, and help us trade.

>>3890488
E

Rolled 1 (1d2)

1 - Magic
2 - Metallurgy

One of your least developed technologies as a nation, magic is an art form that can be seperated into four different professions. Mages cast elemental magic, which comes in the form of fire, water, air, earth, dark, and light. They are best suited to combat, and can either cast magic by channeling mana in the environment through scars on their body/soul (marks on the body leaving marks on the soul), or more powerfully by casting that mana through the soul itself. This soul magic is more dangerous, however. Warlocks, meanwhile, are the heirs of a magical bloodline and have powers that are passed down. They generally gain a certain power as an heir, which can be progressed, though at some risk each time, with the risk increasing with each new skill gained. If their development fails, they can be warped, and turned into any manner of monster. Alchemists, to keep it brief, are non-magicians who use magical ingredients to create potions and other items of use. Lastly, enchanters are capable of putting pieces of their soul into an item. Enchanters gain a second sense of their items, and mages who are also enchanters are more powerful when they channel through items, though they are less powerful than a regular mage without them. This is because the size of the soul decides the strength of a mage, and they are reduced with that piece of their soul missing.

In combat, the two most useful tend to be enchanters and mages. Due to your lack of knowledge on the subject, the past year or so is dedicated to finding out how many mages there are among the population, and to setting aside resources for future research. It seems there are about 500, though there is a notable lack of alchemists, and no warlocks, warlocks being the rarest branch by far.

Meanwhile, a gnoll diplomat has been sent to the Legs, demanding your vassalization, and a head for every gnoll killed (roughly 50), or further blood will be shed. What will you do?

Year 12 AL (After the Lights)
---
Agriculture: 4/10
Resources: 4/10
Food: 7/10
Morale: 4/10
Wealth: 4/10
---
Population: 39,325
Government: Strong, centralized republic; 8 Legs (legislature) elected every 10, Eyes (village leaders) elected every 5
Military: 400-strong, well-trained army (copper equipment, mainly swords and armor)
Navy: Non-existent
Constructions of Note: The Councilhouse
Technology: Basic Husbandry, Basic Economics, Basic Construction, Basic Fishing, Basic Agriculture, Basic Food Preservation, Basic Stonemasonry, Primitive Metallurgy, Intermediate Silkweaving, Basic Magic
Culture: Basic Monthly Calendar, Silkweaving, Slight Matriarchal Focus, Harmony with Nature, Monogamy, Egg Protecting
Law: Headcount Taxation, Basic Legal System
Religion: Rok worship (Rok and Roll)
Crops: Maize, Dragonfruit, Tomatoes, Peppers
Husbandry: Camels, Llamas, Alpacas
Game/Fishing: Boars, Arapaima, Tambaqui
Resources: Lumber, Copper, Silk
---
A. Agriculture
B. Culture and Religion
C. Construction
D. Military
E. Law
F. Technology Research
G. Exploration and Colonization
H. Trade
I. Diplomacy and War
J. Magical Research
K. Other

>>3890541

E. Law.
The Fangs and the Venom, Hunters of Bandits and Outlaws. The Republic will maintain a civil arm of law enforcement to tackle the bandit problem plaguing central Alamara. Appointed by the 10 Eyes Village Leaders to oversee the areas of their constituency are the Fangs. A higher body of High Rangers will be appointed by 8 Legs Legislature to handle cross village banditry, the Venom.

>>3890541
I. Diplomacy and War
Tell that Gnoll to suck my fat spider cock then figure out where they're hiding, march our army over there, and slaughter them.

>>3890538
Tell the gnoll to fuck off.
>>3890548
Supporting this

>>3890541
Ignore the gnoll because it is an animal.

>>3890548
Supporting

>>3890548
Support this
>>3890541
Politely send the gnoll messenger back with a nice gift basket of blankets and fruits and apologize that we can't meet their request as it's against the law to murder innocent civilians regardless of the request. They should come by sometime for brunch though

>>3890538
If they want to discuss an end to bloodshed they wouldn’t ask for more of it in return.
“Go home Gnoll. Return when you wish to be honest.”

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With the new law enforcement forces formed relatively easily, the gnoll is killed rather than any attempt at diplomacy made. Due to this, it is no surprise as scouts report an army moving from the south towards the lake village. However, their numbers are far larger than you expected... your army made up of 400 men pales in comparison to the 2000 men expected to reach there in the next week! Chalit Silkstore, the leader of the army and the newly appointed general, is beyond furious that the Legs and the public were too concerned with the bandits to lift a hand in preparation for this war. He has called for a force of 3,000 to be mustered, but some are hesitant for that amount to be met. After all, if the army loses, the next target will be Nichitin itself, and crops won't farm themselves.

What will you do?

>>3890609
Back the 3000 proposal, gather the former militiamen if we can, they'll at least have some fighting knowledge even if not as good as the standing army. Send out some scouts to try and ascertain their positions then begin setting traps along the way. We'll lure them into an ambush then strike in force.

>>3890609

support and approve

>>3890615
Supporting

>>3890615
Support

>>3890615

support

>>3890609
Amass the army. This horde will leave no one standing to farm if we do not meet it

>>3890615
This

Give me three rolls for the scouting, and three rolls for setting traps.

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>3890633

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>3890633

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>3890633

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>3890633
Based RNG

Rolled 47 (1d100)

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>3890633

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>3890633

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>3890633

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It's simple enough to scout the enemy's location and set up traps, but an ambush is another thing altogether. As it is right now, it is only a matter of days before the gnolls reach the lake shore and begin their pillaging. Your two choices are either dig in as much as possible, and prepare for the battle, or attempt an ambush, leaving the hamlets unprotected for now. While General Silkstore seems to prefer the ambush, many in the army seem to dislike the idea of potentially leaving the village to fall. This is because, according to the General's plan, the army should attack while the enemy are raiding the village, which is when they will be most vulnerable. Some suggest a more balanced approach, surprising the gnolls as they move towards the village.

What will you do?
>Dig in and defend
>Ambush before they reach the village
>Ambush while they raid the village

>>3890674
>>Ambush before they reach the village

>>3890674
>Ambush before they reach the village

>>3890674
>Ambush while they raid the village

>>3890674
“Hit them from the shadows before the burn the heartlands.”

>>3890674
>Ambush before they reach the village

Alright, give me three rolls as you prepare to ambush them.

DC 40, -10 planned ambush, -5 decent general, -5 morale, +5 experience, +5 sense of smell.

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>3890700

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>3890700

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>3890700
More based RNG

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>3890700

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Hidden beside a hill, your army nervously watches the gnolls move through a thinner area of the jungle, holding their positions as they are led by a vanguard of some sort. While their senses of smell are impeccable, within this jungle, it is easy to become confused with the amount of stimuli, and they are not alerted to your presence. As you slowly peel away from the hill and charge towards them, they don't notice until it's too late, as arrows rain from the sky and onto their furred bodies!

DC 45, -15 surprise!, -10 numbers, -5 decent general, -5 morale, +10 experience, +10 weak race, +5 magic, +5 equipment.

Rolled 86 (1d100)